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Patented Jan. 13, 1931 UNITED STATES mew @FFECE enonen covey, OFCULLISON, Kansas, ASSIGNOR arena-HALF T e. I. ronws, or

CULLISON, KANSAS TOY Application filed May 3 1, 1930. Serial No. 458,477.

This invention relates to toys, and more particularly to moving toys, the primary object of the invention being to provide a wheel supported toy to bev moved over the ground surface, the construction of the wheels and movable members of the toy being such as to rotate while the toy is being moved along.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character including wheels constructed of a comparatively soft material such as wood, rubber or the like, the movable members of the device'resting on the wheels in such a way that rotary movement will be imparted to the movable members by their frictional contact with the wheels, thereby eliminating the usual gears and shafts employed in movable toys of this character.

With the foregoing and other" objects in view, which will appearas the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter describedand claimed, it being understood that changes 7 in the precise embodiment of the invention herein. disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view illus tratin g one of the wheels and a movable mem- Figure 4 is a fragmental sectional view illustrating the contacting surfaces of the wheel and movable member, at one side of the toy. 7

Referring to the drawing in detail, the toy comprises a handle 5 constructed preferably of a length of wire bent upon itself to provide a gripping end 6, and spaced leg members 7 at opposite ends of the handle.

The free endsof theleg members 7 extend laterally as at 8, where they provide shafts for the wheels 9 that are shown as mounted thereon. The extremities of the -laterally extended portions 8, extendupwardly defining vertical shafts 10 on which the movable mem- :bers 11 are mounted, there being provided enlargements 12 on theshafts 10 to prevent the movable members 11 from moving from' their positions on the shafts 10.

These movable members. 11 may be of any desired construction, however inthe present showingthe movable members embody hollow membersso constructed that they present substantially flat bottoms 13. The mem bers 11 are formedpreferably of sheet metal material and have spurs 1e punched therefrom the spurs being arranged so that they will dig into the peripheries of the wheels .9 to cause the movable members 11 to rotate in horizontal planes.

Thus it will be obvious that due to the construction shown and described, the movmember to another, being omitted.

I claim: 1. A toy comprising a handle portion, laterally extended shafts at one end of the handle portion, vertical shafts adjacent to the laterally extended shafts, wheels mounted on the first mentionedshafts, rotary members mounted on the second mentioned shafts, spurs extending from the rotary members and adapted to dig into the peripheries of the wheels to rotate the rotary members when the wheels are rotated, and a handle grip at the free end of the handle portion.

2. A toy comprising a handle portion, wheels at one end of the handle portion for supporting the toy, rotary members resting on the peripheries of the Wheel, spurs extending from the rotary members and frictionally engaging the wheels to cause the rotary members to rotate in horizontal planes, and a handlegrip at the free end of the handle portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my si ature.

GEORGE o0 EY. I 

